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1 Tsiagbey, M.; Danso, George; Anang, L.; Sarpong, Eric. 2005. Perceptions and acceptability of urine-diverting toilets in a low-income urban community in Ghana. In Ecological sanitation: a sustainable, integrated solution. Conference documentation of the 3rd International Ecological Sanitation Conference, Durban, South Africa, 23-26 May 2005. Pretoria, South Africa: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) pp.299-303.
Water supply ; Urban areas ; Sanitation ; Waste disposal ; Urine ; Stakeholders ; Households / Ghana
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 628 G200 TSI Record No: H037658)
http://conference2005.ecosan.org/papers/tsiagbey_et_al.pdf
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2 Ambat, B. 2000. Solid waste management: Preparation of an action plan and establishment of an environmental information system for Thiruvananthapuram city. Thiruvananthapuram, India: Centre for Development Studies. Kerala Research Programme on Local Level Development. 107p. (KRPLLD discussion paper no.25)
Waste management ; Composting ; Waste disposal ; Public health ; Households ; Institutions ; Sanitation ; Wastewater / India / Thiruvananthapuram
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 628.445 G635 AMB Record No: H039460)
3 Narayan, S. 2000. Property rights and the impact on resource allocation and welfare: A diagrammatic exposition. The Australian Economic Review, 33(1):100-108.
Property rights ; Industrialization ; Water pollution ; Rivers ; Waste disposal ; Environmental degradation ; Fishermen / Papua New Guinea
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 7863 Record No: H039977)
4 Schmoll, O.; Howard, G.; Chilton, J.; Chorus, I. (Eds.) 2006. Protecting groundwater for health: Managing the quality of drinking-warter sources. London, UK: IWA Publishing for WHO. 678p.
Drinking water ; Water quality ; Public health ; Groundwater management ; Aquifers ; Pollution control ; Aquifers ; Catchment areas ; Legal aspects ; Legislation ; Pathogens ; Risks ; Hydrology ; Irrigation water ; Wastewater ; Water reuse ; Sanitation ; Industrialization ; Waste disposal ; Waste management
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 613.287 G000 SCH Record No: H040321)
5 Zaporozec, A. (Ed.) 2002. Groundwater contamination inventory: a methodological guide. Paris, France: UNESCO. 160p. (IHP-VI Series on Groundwater 2)
Groundwater ; Water pollution ; Risks ; Surveys ; Water quality ; Groundwater management ; Guidelines ; Monitoring ; Decision support tools ; Legislation ; Waste disposal ; Wells ; Case studies ; GIS ; Maps ; Drinking water ; Arsenic / Bangladesh / Brazil / Nicaragua / South Africa / USA
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The broad objective of this document is to present a methodology for the inventory of groundwater contamination and to provide a guideline for planning, conducting, evaluating, and presenting the inventory. The guideline is aimed at professionals – as a manual or reference material for hydrogeologists or other specialists responsible for organizing and conducting groundwater contamination inventories, particularly in developing countries. Understanding of basic principles of hydrogeology and groundwater chemistry fundamentals is expected. The main objectives are to summarise and describe all kinds of contamination sources that planners and managers should be familiar with, and to help hydrogeologists in: designing and implementing an inventory of contamination sources; determining the extent and degree of existing contamination; explaining the impact of the existing and potential contamination sources on groundwater; presenting results of the inventory on maps, and using results of the inventory to suggest alternative strategies to protect groundwater.
6 Manda, M. A. Z. 2009. Water and sanitation in urban Malawi: can the millennium development goals be met?: a study of informal settlements in three cities. Scotland, UK: The Scottish Government; London, UK: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) 78p. (IIED Human Settlements Working Paper Series Theme: Water - 7)
Water supply ; Drinking water ; Water storage ; Sanitation ; Hygiene ; Water quality ; Urbanization ; Settlement ; Households ; Income ; Poverty ; Water costs ; Waste disposal ; Institutions ; Organizations ; Public policy / Malawi / Blantyre / Lilongwe / Mzuzu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H034815)
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7 United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) 2010. Solid waste management in the world’s cities: water and sanitation in the world’s cities 2010. London, UK: Earthscan. 228p.
Refuse ; Solid wastes ; Refuse disposal ; Waste disposal ; Health hazards ; Waste management ; Modernization ; Municipal refuse disposal ; Resource management ; Recycling ; Sanitation
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.7285 G000 UNI Record No: H043159)
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In a rapidly urbanizing global society, solid waste management will be a key challenge facing all the world's cities. This publication provides a fresh perspective and new data on one of the biggest issues in urban development. Using the framework of Integrated Sustainable Waste Management, the report presents unprecedented research from 22 cities across six continents. It describes the rich diversity of waste management systems used throughout the world drawing out the practical lessons for policymakers. The volume is essential reading for all professionals and policymakers in the field and a valuable resource for researchers and students.
8 Jayawardena, L. P.; Mathur, S. 2005. Design approach to protect water resources from MSW disposal. Engineer, 38(4):32-51.
Water resource management ; Solid wastes ; Urban wastes ; Waste disposal ; Simulation models ; Waste management ; Landfill leachates ; Landfills / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: PER Record No: H043273)
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9 Brazil's National Water Agency (ANA); Global Environment Facility (GEF); UNEP; Organization of American States (OAS) 2004. Strategic Action Program for the integrated management of the Sao Francisco River Basin and its coastal zone - SAP. Final report. Brasilia, Brazil: TDA Desenho and Arte. 334p.
River basin management ; Coastal area ; Project management ; Public participation ; Stakeholders ; Institutions ; Non governmental organizations ; Water use ; Multiple use ; Environmental protection ; Waste disposal ; Legislation / Brazil / Sao Francisco River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.9162 G514 BRA Record No: H044119)
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10 Shankar, U. 2001. The river Damodar is choking. Down to Earth, 200 Special:20-22.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044441)
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11 Narain, S.; Srinivasan, R. K.; Banerjee, S.; Chaudhuri, J. 2012. Excreta matters 71 cities [in India]: a survey. Vol. 2. New Delhi, India: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). 486p.
Water resources ; Water pollution ; Excreta ; Urban areas ; Highlands ; Water demand ; Water supply ; Water distribution ; Water use ; Groundwater ; Sewage ; Waste disposal ; Wastewater treatment ; Wastewater management ; Water security ; Water quality ; Economic aspects ; Rivers ; Lakes ; Wetlands ; Drainage systems ; Sanitation ; Wells ; Pipes / India / Himalaya / Dehrdun / Jammu / Mussoorie / Nainital / Srinagar / Uttarkashi / Indo-Gangetic Plains / Agra / Allahabad / Amritsar / Bathinda / Delhi / Faridabad / Gurgaon / Kanpur / Lucknow / Mathura / Meerut / Patna / Yamunanagar / Jagadhri / Punjab / Khanna / Malout / Mansa / Budhlada / Baretta / Bhucho / Goniana / Kot Fatta / Maur / Raman / Rampura / Sangat / Eastern Highlands / Dhanbad / Hazaribagh / Ranchi / The northeast / Aizawl / Guwahati / Siliguri / The Desert / Alwar / Bhilwara / Jaipur / Jodhpur / Udaipur / Central Highlands / Bhopal / Dewas / Gwalior / Indore / Jabalpur / Jhansi / Nagpur / Rajkot / Ujjain / Vadodara / The Deccan / Aurangabad / Bangaluru / Baramati / Hubli-Dharwad / Hyderabad / Pune / Solapur / Tumkur / Coastal Cities / Bhubaneswar / Chennai / Cuttack / Kolkata / Kozhikode / Mumbai / Puducherry / Srikakulam / Surat / Thane / Thiruvananthapuram
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7.5 G635 NAR Record No: H044743)
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12 Spinosa, L. (Ed.) 2011. Wastewater sludge: a global overview of the current status and future prospects. 2nd ed. London, UK: IWA Publishing. 92p.
Wastewater treatment ; Water pollution ; Sewage sludge ; Waste disposal ; Urban areas ; Sanitation ; Soil pollution ; Gasification ; Energy conversion / Europe / East Asia / South East Asia / USA / Canada / Latin America / China / Africa / Australasia / Belgium / Italy / Portugal / Russia / Turkey / Mexico / Brazil / Argentina / Chile / Colombia / South Korea / Malaysia / South Africa / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.7284 G000 SPI Record No: H046407)
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13 Fernando, Sudarshana; Drechsel, Pay; Manthrithilake, Herath; Jayawardena, Lalith. 2014. Septage management related regulatory and institutional aspects and needs in Sri Lanka. A review. Sabaragamuwa University Journal, 13(1):1-15.
Corporate culture ; Waste management ; Waste disposal ; Legal aspects ; Regulations ; Guidelines ; Government policy ; Government departments ; Environmental effects / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046750)
http://www.sljol.info/index.php/SUSLJ/article/download/7658/5834
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https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046750.pdf
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Urbanization, population growth and rapid development have created a notable shift in septage* management in Sri Lanka, necessitating a vast and rapid improvement in the service of mechanized septage collection by trucks and finding additional space to meet the increasing septage disposal needs. According to data collected in 2012, 58% of the Local Authorities (LAs) in Sri Lanka have access to septic truck services. Septage (from septic trucks) appears as a non-traditional and fairly new urban waste stream without proper regulatory and institutional arrangement to manage. This paper contains a comprehensive legal, regulatory and institutional analysis of the present situation, and identify the needs and gaps that need to be filled to establish a sustainable septage management service in Sri Lanka. This review has elicited the need for a new array of regulatory and institutional interventions from national level to local level to manage septage.
14 Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Ahmad, Waqas; Simmons, R. 2014. Household sewage disposal systems and their impact on groundwater quality in peri-urban Faisalabad, Pakistan [Abstract only] In Maheshwari, B. L.; Simmons, B.; Thoradeniya, B. Proceedings of the International Conference on Peri-Urban Landscapes: Water, Food and Environmental Security. Penrith, New South Wales, Australia: University of Western Sydney. pp.30.
Waste disposal ; Groundwater ; Water quality ; Drinking water ; Periurban areas ; Households ; Sanitation / Pakistan / Faisalabad
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046863)
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15 Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Raschid-Sally, Liqa; Thebo, A. 2015. Global wastewater and sludge production, treatment and use. In Drechsel, Pay; Qadir, Manzoor; Wichelns, D. (Eds.). Wastewater: economic asset in an urbanizing world. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.15-38.
Wastewater treatment ; Wastewater irrigation ; Water reuse ; Resource management ; Urban wastes ; Waste disposal ; Sanitation ; Sewage sludge
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H046959)
16 Ojha, S. 2014. Decentralised wastewater management for improving sanitation in peri-urban India. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.201-215. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Wastewater management ; Decentralization ; Sanitation ; Wastewater treatment ; Anaerobic treatment ; Water reuse ; Periurban areas ; Water availability ; Constraints ; Land tenure ; Economic aspects ; Population growth ; Social aspects ; Waste disposal / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047028)
The most challenging characteristics that set peri-urban areas apart from the urban and rural sectors are poor site conditions, unreliable water availability, high population density, the heterogeneous nature of the population and the lack of legal land tenure. One of the major problems that dwellers in the peri-urban regions have to face every day are sanitation problems. In these peri-urban areas, there are inadequate facilities for waste water disposal and there is a need to improve the water quality through wastewater treatment processes. In this study, it is observed that conventional centralised approaches to wastewater management have generally failed to address the needs of communities for the collection and disposal of domestic wastewater and faecal sludge from on-site sanitation. There are opportunities for implementing wastewater management systems based on a decentralised approach that may offer opportunities for wastewater re-use and resource recovery as well as improvements in local environmental health conditions. A number of decentralised wastewater options are discussed in this paper which can be effectively implemented in peri-urban areas. Further, anaerobic treatment of wastewater is advocated for it generates biogas (mainly methane) which can be used in generators for electricity production and/or in boilers for heating purposes. Also, waste stabilisation ponds can be used for fish culture. The study emphasises the importance of building the capacity of local organisations in all aspects of decentralised wastewater management. A number of aspects related to the operational sustainability of decentralised technologies for wastewater management in peri-urban areas and their associated management requirements. In general, the choice of technology is limited by the need to ensure that the operation and maintenance requirements of the chosen technology are compatible with the levels of knowledge and skills available at the local level.
17 Paul, Johannes G.; Boorsma, J. D.; Sarana, G.; Bollos, I. 2015. Designing local policies and economic instruments to enhance waste management in Bayawan city, Philippines. Paper presented at the International Conference on Solid Wastes 2015, Hong Kong, China, 19-23 May 2015. 4p.
Waste management ; Waste disposal ; Urban wastes ; Solid wastes ; Economic aspects ; Cost recovery ; Financing ; Local government ; Legal aspects ; Stakeholders ; Composting / Philippines / Bayawan City
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047082)
To establish and operate reliable Solid Waste Management (SWM) systems, efficient technologies, stable organizational structures, skilled personnel, sound operational management and appropriate financing concepts are required. In order to sustain such systems, the implementation of suited legal framework conditions and economical instruments are considered as key success factors. Proper financial management allows to determine the real costs of SWM and to design local policies that provide the needed mechanisms to conduct Solid Waste Management on community level and to formulate rules and user fees that are not only acceptable by residents and users but likewise secure participation of stakeholders and transparency for the public [1, 3]. As in other developing countries, financing SWM remains a severe issue also in the Philippines. Cost recovery is an important requirement for sustainable waste management, but it does not always correspond with political priorities, the willingness of the population or the capacities of the administration to implement it. Fees to cover SWM costs are either not asked for, or existing fee mechanism are not effectively implemented or being utilized by the authorities in charge. However, policies that address cost recovery will directly affect the capacity and willingness of service recipients to pay as well as the maximum level of refinancing that can be achieved. The lower the level of cost recovery, the higher the resulting risk of poor services rendered or ultimately service interruptions. Hence, sustainable financing of SWM by local means is imperative. In Bayawan City, Philippines the local government recognized the opportunities arising with establishing a new SWM system as required by national waste legislation [5]. During SWM planning various issues surfaced that were taken up by the local authorities to design 'taylor-made' new local policies that integrate cost recovery mechanism through user fees and revenues for material recovery. Main positive effects of cost recovery resulted from introduction of a prepaid sticker system that requests to pre-pay a fee for collection of residual waste and bio-waste. Besides, the introduction of an environmental fee claimed with the regular water bill propelled cost recovery from initial 3% to more than 15% of annual SWM budget after only 3 years operation of the new system whereas income for the latter is mainly used for cleaning of septic tanks and processing of recovered sludge at the newly established municipal waste management center. Results of this case underline that enhancing SWM systems is possible also in developing countries with innovative technologies and approaches that integrate local conditions and provide suited mechanism to enhance motivation and ownership of local decision-makers and users likewise [2-4].
18 Paul, Johannes G.; Acosta, V. L.; Lange, U. 2015. Experiences and lessons learnt from supporting waste sector development in the Philippines. Paper presented at the International Conference on Solid Wastes 2015, Hong Kong, China, 19-23 May 2015. 4p.
Waste management ; Waste disposal ; Solid wastes ; Urban wastes ; Water resources development ; Legal aspects ; Cost recovery ; Policy making ; Capacity building ; Local government ; Development projects / Philippines
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047083)
As in other developing countries, solid waste management (SWM) remains a crucial environmental issue in the Philippines. In the year 2000, the Philippine Congress released a new waste management legislation, the Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (Republic Act 9003). This law mandates Local Governments to implement suited measures for waste avoidance, materials recovery and recycling in order to reduce waste disposal and to enhance residual waste management through alternative technologies or sanitary landfills. The total municipal waste generation in the country is estimated at more than 25 Mio tons/year, with organic waste components representing the main fraction with around 50% in cities and up to 70% in rural areas. Although RA 9003 mandates a waste diversion rate of at least 25 % to be realized by municipalities in 2006, most of them fail to implement the waste legislation properly mainly due to budget limitations, lack of know-how and conflicting interests that delay priority setting and political decision-making. In this context, the Philippine government entered into a bilateral official development program with the German government provided through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) through its development program Solid Waste Management for Local Government Units (SWM4LGUs) during the time period 2005-2012. As part of this program an in-depth and year-long analysis of main factors that relate to success and failures in municipal SWM was conducted. As main outcome of this development program, the National Solid Waste Management Commission integrated these experiences and developed the new National Solid Waste Management Strategy for the years 2012 to 2016 in order to facilitate implementation of RA 9003.
19 Rao, Krishna C.; Kvarnstrom, E.; Di Mario, L.; Drechsel, Pay. 2016. Business models for fecal sludge management. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 80p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 06) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2016.213]
Faecal sludge ; Resource management ; Resource recovery ; Recycling ; Business management ; Models ; Waste disposal ; Desludging ; Dumping ; Sewerage ; Waste treatment ; Waste water treatment plants ; Solid wastes ; Pollution ; Composts ; Public health ; Sanitation ; Latrines ; Defaecation ; Stakeholders ; Finance ; Cost recovery ; Energy recovery ; Biogas ; Organic fertilizers ; Private enterprises ; Institutions ; Partnerships ; Licences ; Regulations ; Transport ; Septic tanks ; Nutrients ; Taxes ; Farmers ; Urban areas ; Landscape ; Household ; Incentives ; Case studies / Asia / Africa / Latin America / South Africa / Kenya / India / Rwanda / Nepal / Philippines / Lesotho / Bangladesh / Mozambique / Ghana / Senegal / Benin / Sierra Leone / Malaysia / Ethiopia / Vietnam / Mali / Sri Lanka / Burkina Faso / Peru / Haiti / Dakar / Nairobi / Maseru / Accra / Tamale / Addis Ababa / Eastern Cape / Maputo / Dhaka / Ho Chi Minh City / Hai Phong / Dumaguete / Mombasa / Kisumu / San Fernando / Bamako / Cotonou / Ouagadougou / Kigali / Bangalore / Dharwad / Balangoda
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047826)
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On-site sanitation systems, such as septic tanks and pit latrines, are the predominant feature across rural and urban areas in most developing countries. However, their management is one of the most neglected sanitation challenges. While under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the set-up of toilet systems received the most attention, business models for the sanitation service chain, including pit desludging, sludge transport, treatment and disposal or resource recovery, are only emerging. Based on the analysis of over 40 fecal sludge management (FSM) cases from Asia, Africa and Latin America, this report shows opportunities as well as bottlenecks that FSM is facing from an institutional and entrepreneurial perspective.
20 Abraham, E. M.; Martin, A.; Cofie, Olufunke. 2016. Perceptions, attitudes and behaviours toward urban surface water quality in Accra, Ghana. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 27(5):491-506. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-07-2015-0122]
Water quality ; Environmental management ; Surface water ; Pollution ; Health hazards ; Sanitation ; Waste disposal ; Waste management ; Solid wastes ; Excreta / Ghana / Accra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047793)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore people’s perceptions, stated attitudes, and observed and reported behaviour to water and other environmental quality.
Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a mixed method approach. It employed a cross-sectional survey design. Ten communities were selected in Accra and its surrounding communities to indicate various levels of infrastructure provision and environmental quality. Four separate focus group discussions (FGDs) were carried out in each community, with a mixed group of older and young adult men and women, a group of men only, a group of women only, and a group of young adults only. Following the FGDs, further information was obtained through structured household questionnaire survey involving 443 respondents.
Findings: Different ideas were employed to explain people’s perceptions of water quality. There were common ideas such as on health, history of water use, perceptions which affect water use, and management of community activities which affect water sources. These ideas which emerged from the focus groups helped participants to assign meaning to their environment. Reported behaviour was influenced by the ability to pay for services, their availability and the influence of shared community norms. Although citizen participation in water and environmental management decision making was very limited, community collective action can be harnessed to enhance water and other environmental management.
Originality/value: Adopted an interdisciplinary approach that enabled explanations to phenomenon to emerge from the perspectives of the society rather than views being suggested to them. Thus, resulting in evidence-based issues for intervention.
Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a mixed method approach. It employed a cross-sectional survey design. Ten communities were selected in Accra and its surrounding communities to indicate various levels of infrastructure provision and environmental quality. Four separate focus group discussions (FGDs) were carried out in each community, with a mixed group of older and young adult men and women, a group of men only, a group of women only, and a group of young adults only. Following the FGDs, further information was obtained through structured household questionnaire survey involving 443 respondents.
Findings: Different ideas were employed to explain people’s perceptions of water quality. There were common ideas such as on health, history of water use, perceptions which affect water use, and management of community activities which affect water sources. These ideas which emerged from the focus groups helped participants to assign meaning to their environment. Reported behaviour was influenced by the ability to pay for services, their availability and the influence of shared community norms. Although citizen participation in water and environmental management decision making was very limited, community collective action can be harnessed to enhance water and other environmental management.
Originality/value: Adopted an interdisciplinary approach that enabled explanations to phenomenon to emerge from the perspectives of the society rather than views being suggested to them. Thus, resulting in evidence-based issues for intervention.
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